Lectures and Commentaries on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1, made in Vrindavan (India)
The purpose of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam is to glorify the Supreme Absolute Truth, known as Śrī Kṛṣṇa, for the benefit of the suffering humanity. Śrī Vyāsa himself calls this Purāṇa the ripened fruit of the Vedic tree and compares it to the personification of rasa, or devotional relish. It is to be tasted by the rasikas, the connoisseurs of rasa, and relished by the sahṛdayas, the sober-hearted people or those whose hearts are imbued with sattva (SB 1.1.3)
When you don’t have the intelligence to understand and control your emotions, one solution in the material world is to forget about it and drink alcohol or do drugs. When people in spiritual circles who have made a vow not to use these vices can’t control their emotions, they turn to criticizing, gossiping, threatening, manipulating and controlling Guru, or others, instead of just facing squarely what is there inside their own heart.
